Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index

The prehistory of modern maritime power -- The Spanish Armada, 1588 -- The Downs, 1639 -- The Dutch Golden Age -- Sole Bay, 1672 -- The "Glorious Revolution" and Beachy Head, 1690 -- Barfleur/La Hougue, 1692 -- Málaga, 1704 -- Rule, Britannia -- Finisterre, 1747 -- Quiberon Bay, 1759 -- The American Revolution -- The War of American Independence and Chesapeake Bay, 1781 -- The Saints, 1782, and the founding of the United States of America

"From naval and military historian Peter Padfield, Maritime Supremacy is exploration of the significance of maritime power in shaping the western ideal of political freedom." "Maritime supremacy details the struggles of the first supreme maritime powers of the modern age, the Dutch and the British, and ends with the emergence of the ultimate successor, the United States of America. Changes in society, politics, trade - including the slave trade - and in naval capability are interwoven with descriptions of the great sea battles by which world power was won."--Jacket

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